[ UK /fˈʌlsʌm/ ]
[ US /ˈfʊɫsəm/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
    soapy compliments
    oleaginous hypocrisy
    gave him a fulsome introduction
    the unctuous Uriah Heep
    buttery praise
    an oily sycophantic press agent
    smarmy self-importance
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How To Use fulsome In A Sentence

  • Following a telephone discussion with US President Bush the same day, Clark was pleased to report his ‘very, very fulsome appreciation’ of her government's support.
  • The ultimate essence of the consubstantial trend to the modern communication design is the fulsome functionalism, rationalism.
  • And, of course, the movie is loaded with details, from the fulsome costumes to the full-scale ships and even to the eventual CGI pirate-into-ghost-pirate transitions.
  • The word fulsome is itself becoming incomprehensible. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • King's lack of fulsome appreciation for McQuesten's accomplishments indicates the tepid relationship between the two men.
  • Nor was Steve Cotterill fulsome in his support of the referee's actions, saying: ‘The referee has made a decision in the best interests of all the players and we can't really argue with that.’
  • And sons and daughters of his flesh and of the law needs must go with him fulsomely eating out of the gnarled old hand that had half a million to disburse. LIKE ARGUS OF THE ANCIENT TIMES
  • If the compliment seems fulsome, it must be remembered that Meres has higher praise and more of it for Shakespeare's fellow Warwickshireman, Michael Drayton.
  • Encouraged by success, he went to Rome, collected rich patrons, and with fulsome flattery won, but failed to keep, the favour of the tyrant Domitian.
  • She told him, when he became fulsome, that she didn't want thanks from him, and it was true. THE HELLBOUND HEART
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